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Cypher Zero

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Posted: 6th Jan 2007 03:25

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There was a nice function in DBP which prevented 100% of the processor being taken up 'sync on 1' or something if I recall.
Is there any equivalent in DGDK.NET or do I need to code it manually.

I only have this problem in fullscreen mode, and System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents doesn't work (with or without DGDK).

I wouldn't mind usually, but my computer has a habbit of overheating and shutting down.
Anyone know of a solution?

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Miguel Melo

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Posted: 6th Jan 2007 12:23

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Buying a bigger processor fan?

I have vague plans for World Domination

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Cypher Zero

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Posted: 6th Jan 2007 17:42

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It's a laptop, and it already has two processor fans

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Posted: 6th Jan 2007 18:00

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I'm somewhat curious as to why your processor level is whacked up to full pelt. DoEvents should relinquish control to other threads such as the System Idle process, and oDBCore.Sync() should just do the rendering, then done. I can only assume that your process is running at high priority somehow. Like, if I run the Asteroids.NET sample, it pushes my processor to about 70-75% usage, and the System Idle process happily chugs at around 20-25%. So I'm not using it at it's full usage.

This is using the standard oDBCore.Sync() (Without DoEvents also)

You could try experimenting by setting your SyncRate value to between 30 to 50 to see how the performance usage is affected.

Paul.